Improved wardrobe-hook



ma. STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ALEXANDER WALKER, oF'Nuw ironie n.' Y,

IM-PROVED wAaDFioBE-HOOK.

Specification forming pans or Letters Patent No. 4l,798, dated` March 1', 1864. l Y

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I,-ALEXANDER JAMES WALKER, ofthe citv and State of New York,

have invented, made, and applied to use acertain new and useful W ardrobe-Hopk and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,V

clear, and exact description of thesaid inven-` tion, referencebeing had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of said hook.; Fig. 2 is av front elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is another form ofconstructing' the eye; ot' the hook. A

. Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. 'l

Metallic hooks for hanging clothing upon in wardrobes, closets,&c., are usually constructed in such afmanner that they can be used only by fastening;r them permanently in place by means of screws or nails, and can be taken down 'again only byfwithdrawiug' the screws or nails. This is a troublesome process, re-

quiring a certain amount of mechanical skill,

and often resulting in injury to the wall or other article to which the hooks are attached,

and sometimes in the breakage of the hook.A They are also liable to be drawn out of place ters Patent, is A The pendent wardrobe-hcok constructed substantially as andfor the purposes specied. v

put up and-'taken down, and not 'liable to .from the eye c,

A can drive a nail,'lwlliich Opportunities, too,

same, upon which the articles of clothing areto behang. These arms sired number.

. It will lie-evidentv that the hookrhanging with the part a. against the wall or placeto which the hook` is applied, will sustain such articles as maybe' hung upon it without liability to change Aits posimay be of any detlon.

A hook ,of this eharacterihas'many advantages. It is very quickly and easily put upA for use, as any one, eveua child, however unskilled hook of the ordinary construction could `not be secured. It' is especially convenientfor' and can be quickly travelers, as it is portable, hung up and taken down at pleasure, and it can-under all circumstances be vremoved without any injury to thevwall or furniture, the .nail or screw alone remaining.

What I claim, and desire to secureA by Let- Dated December 24, 1863. qi/Vitnessern LEMUEL W.. SERRELL, CRAs, H. Sii/HTH.

break the nail orscrewin consequence ofil-e is allthet is required. of inserting a-.nail often y exists under clrcumstances wherea wardrobeA 

